Official 50th trip reports and tidbits

[Claire]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Claire, amidst it all I forgot to ask...what did you think about all the golden decorations?

Okay, not to sound too hokey, but golly gee, it was all so swell!!

Mamabot and I had a few hours on Friday afternoon before we met Todd at our hotel to head out to Hollywood/Wicked/Sephora/to meet Brad, so she gave me the tour.....pointed out the 50th signage, explained the significance of the tiaras on the castle....it was all SO amazing!! I got some incredible close up pics of the tiaras on the castle, so I could study them at home. I'm such a dork.

On Monday night, I spent a few hours with Grumpy4/Kimber and she showed me even more of the changes.

I spent a lot of time at the Gallery on Tuesday, checking out all the artwork. Very cool display they have going right now for the 50th. Whoever Kim Irvine is, I love him/her!! I need to google that name. Also on that day, we got to ride the golden boat on the Jungle Cruise....I think Jennidisneyfer and I were the only two people on the boat to notice....we giggled and clapped like idiots the entire time.

I loved the parade.....the Pinocchio float stopped directly in front of us, and I thought it was a very cool little show with all the puppets boinging around.

But my very favoritest thing had to be Remember. Wow. I watched them on Saturday between the hub and Plaza Inn and sat there crying and clapping and oohing an aaahhhing like an idiot. And laughing during some parts, like permanacer sentados por favor (how flipping cool IS that!!?!?!). Incredible show. So much more than just fireworks. We saw them on the go on Sunday, and camped out on Monday. Beautiful show. Well done.

I thought everything was amazing. I can't wait for my husband and the kids to see it all in December!!

[€uroMeinke]

Okay time to share some low point tidbits.

I had one on the 17th. Somewhere around 4:30 in the afternoon as we were setting up camp in front of the castle, in the hot sun and steaming asphault. I took on the quest to find an "I was There" T-shirt. Easy, I thought -just a hope down to the Emporeum and then I'll be back to help hold down the fort. Alas, the Emporeum only had sizes Medium and Small, no problem - the CM said they should have them at DCA or WoD. So off I went - leaving the park - and returning to DCA.

I should have known better than to leave Disneyland on it's birthday. The CMs there told me that stuff was a Disneyland exclusive, none was in DCA. Great, so off I go to Star Trader - where the CM's restocking the women's shirts tell me they have run out of the men's, but that I might want to check out the Gag Factory. Off I go to Toontown, where I find a few remaining shirts - all size small.

Defeated, I returned to our site where I was ready to lie down and melt into the pavement. I failed to get the shirt, I had left the park, and missed the Space Mountain quest. Feh.

Thankfully, I was soon joined by friends, got some ice cream, some water, and enjoyed spectacular commaraderie - and fireworks too! But man, I was miserable for a moment there.